(mc)read the sentence below and answer the following question: . . and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy house of usher. i know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. —poe, "the fall of the house of usher" in the bolded section, what is the benefit of using "i know not…" instead of "i don't know" or another more concise syntax? it emphasizes the means of travel. it establishes an earlier time period. it puts more emphasis on the positive. it suggests an uneducated narrator.

It establishes an earlier time period.

Explanation:

The use of the phrase "I know not" instead of "I don't know" emphasizes the fact that the story is set in a past period of history, and not in modern times. This is clarified in various ways in the excerpt. The author also uses phrases such as "the shades of evening," which give the setting a feeling of the past, as well as an indication of the speaker's character and education.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.